Golf-ball.



Patented Oct. 7, i902.

No. 7m,75l.

n. B, cAvANAGH.

GOLF BALL.

(Application filed July SO, 1902.)

(No Modal.)

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UNTTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD B. CAVANAGH, OF l/VASIIINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AS-

SIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS', TO THE KEMPSHALL MANUFACTUR ING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW4 JERSEY.

GOLFMBALL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent-No. 710,751, dated October 7, 1902, Application filed July 30,1902. Serial No. 117,605. (No model.)

To al w/wnt it may concern:

Beitknown that I, RICHARD B. CAvANAGH, a citizen of the United States, residing in W'ashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf-Balls, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to golf-balls; and its object is to reduce the cost and improve the durability and other qualites of the balls.

Some of the golf-balls now in use are so lively that they meet with disfavor with many players, since it is impossible to make accurate puts and approaches.

My improved ball combines the feature of exceedingly low price and durability and avoids the disadvantage of being too lively for a short game, while well adapted for a long flight when given a heavy blow.

The accompanying drawing shows one form of golf-ball made in accordance with my improvements.

For a center piece A, I preferably employ a highly-compressed paper sphere, which is hard and resilient. This center piece I inclose in a sphere B, of moderate size and consisting of sawdust, ground cork, or other comminuted material mixed with a compound of glue or glycerin or any other suitable viscous or colloid mixture. This sphere is preferably formed under great pressure, so that the comminuted material is compressed and the whole sphere is highly compacted, If desired, the sphere B may be compressed into the form of half-shells and then applied to the center piece A and subjected to further compression. The comminuted material is indicated at B" and the cement at B".

The sphere B, I inclose in windings C, of tape or bands, preferably elastic and highly Ifensioned. For these windings rubber hands may be used, if desired. The layer C holds the sphere B under pressure and aids in the flight of the ball.

Upon the layer C, I apply a shell D, composed of a mixture similar or analogous to that employed for the shell B, and the whole is inclosed in a cover E, of gutta-percha, which preferably holds the iilling of the ball in a state of compression.

It will be seen that the spheres B and D taken together form a thick layer or sphere, which is provided with a lining or inlaid layer C of longitudinally-tensioned windings, whereby undue disturbance of either layer B or D under a blow is prevented, and hence undue distortion of the illing and cover is avoided. The comminuted material and the glue compound are sufficiently springy to enable the ball to make a long flight under a heavy blow, while the ball is comparatively dead under a light blow, thereby meeting the requirements of the game.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of my improvements.

Having described my invention, I claiml. A golf-ball comprising a plurality of spheres of comminuted material mixed with adherent material, a layer of tense windings of rubber separating said spheres, and a hard cover.

2. A golfball comprising a plurality of spheres of comminuted material mixed` with a compound of glue and glycerin, a layer of windings of binding material separating said spheres, and a hard cover.

3. A golf-ball comprising a plurality of spheres of comminuted compressed cork, a layer of windings of elastic material separating said spheres, and a cover of gutta-percha.

a. A golf-ball comprising a hard center piece, a layer thereon of comminuted material, a layer of tense windings upon said comminuted material, a layer of comminuted material upon said paper, and a cover of plastic material.

5. A golf-ball comprising a hard center piece, a layer of comminuted material mixed with adherent material, a layer of tense windings of elastic material upon said com minuted material mixed with adherent material, a layer of comminuted material upon said windings, and a cover of plastic material.

6. A golf-ball comprising a hard center piece, a layer thereon of compressed comminuted material mixed with glue, a layer of tense elastic windings upon said comminuted material, a layer upon said windings consisting of comminuted material mixed with glue, and a guttapercha cover.

'7. A golf-ball comprisinga compressed-paper center piece,a layer thereon of compressed comminuted material mixed with a compound of glue and glycerin, a layer of tense windings upon said comminuted material, a layer upon said windings consisting of comminuted material mixed with a compound of glue and glycerin, and a gutta-percha cover.

8. A golf-ball comprising spheres of gu ttapercha, paper, and a mixture of comminuted material and adherent material, and tense windings of rubber.

9. A golf-ball comprising spheres of guttapercha, paper, and a mixture of comminuted material and adherent material, and tense windings of binding material.

10. Agolf-ball comprisinga plurality of distinct spheres each consisting of compressed comminnted material; a center piece of compressed paper; a cover of gutta-percha; and a tense layer separating said spheres of comminuted material.

11. A playing-ball comprising a relatively thin layer of tense windings of binding material and two relatively thick spheres of softer springy material separated by said windings.

12. Aplaying-ball comprisingacenterpiece of compressed paper, two spheres of softer springy material thereon, and a layer of tense windings of binding material separating said spheres.

13. A golf-ball comprising a plurality of spheres of compressed com minuted material, a layer of tense windings of rubber separating said spheres, and a cover of compressed gutta-percha holding said spheres under compression.

14. A golf-ball comprising a plurality of spheres of comminuted material mixed with adherent material, a layer of tense windings of binding material separating said spheres, and a cover of plastic material holding said spheres under compression.

l5. A golf-ball comprising a hard paper center piece, a layer thereon of compressed comminuted material, tense windings of elastic tapes or bands upon said comminuted material, a layer of compressed comminuted material upon said windings, and a cover of compressed plastic material holding said comminuted material under compression.

16. A golf-ball comprising a paper center piece, a layer thereon of compressed comminuted material mixed with glue, tense windings of rubber upon said comminuted material, a layer upon said windings consisting of compressed comminuted material mixed with glue, and a gutta-percha cover holding said layers under compression.

17. A golf-ball comprising a hard center piece, a layer thereon of compressed comminuted material mixed with a compound of glue and glycerin, tense windings of binding material upon said comminuted material, a layer upon said windings consisting of compressed comminuted material mixed With a compound of glue and glycerin, and a compressed gutta-percha cover holding said layers under compression.

RICHARD B. CAVANAGH.

Witnessem EDGAR M. KiToHIN, JOHN L. FLETCHER. 

